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  1. Newsletter 28 - 29/05/2015

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    of the more than 90 billion euros in deposit outflows before June 2012 were sent offshore, while... the second had an even lower outcome, with less than 150 million euros of deposits returning to Greek banks, generating less than 10 million in revenues for the authorities. Economic sentiment falls Greece’s

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  2. No further damage for Tsipras in second vote as SYRIZA stand-off continues

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    abstaining and two not voting. This gave Tsipras one more “Yes” vote than last week. More... on her role, which is meant to be institutional rather than political, the parliamentary speaker... than Tsipras abandoning SYRIZA’s positions. Konstantopoulou did not give any indications in her speech

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  3. Election Watch: What are Greeks voting for?
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    that it is a more reliable option than the flitty SYRIZA that took Greece to the edge of a euro exit... represent the country’s future, rather than its past. Then there are the defectors who formed Popular... to austerity but strictly through a new national currency. The key problem that the breakaway party faces

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  4. Tsipras raises debt relief at UN but refugee crisis may prove more pressing issue

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    rather than debt relief or attracting investment. Refugee crisis Tsipras mentioned the refugee crisis... by the fact that, according to IOM, less than 34,500 thousand people arrived in Greece by sea during the host of last year. This was less than one fifth of the total number of arrivals in Europe

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  5. Benefits and banana skins for Greece in EU-Turkey refugee deal
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    on Brussels on Monday and appear to offer potential relief for Greece. Rather than adopt the draft... the hope that the influx from Turkey will be reduced significantly, making the problem more... directly from Turkey rather than Greece. Apart from the reluctance of many member states to consider

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  6. Tsipras gets full support in pension and income tax vote, moves on to Eurogroup
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    , mostly increases to indirect taxes, which will not be pleasant but should not pose a major problem given... to focus on spending cuts rather than tax hikes if he comes to government. Tsipras admitted to being under..., rather than an indiscriminate mechanism triggering cuts in all ministries, and to be legislated now

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  7. With review completion in sight, which way next for Greece?
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    Agora

    Kammenos to walk out over a reference by Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas to “Macedonia” rather than... in indirect taxes) should not pose a problem. There may be some reservations in the government’s ranks over... to take corrective action. Given that more than 80 percent of public spending in Greece

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  8. Why can't Greece be more like Cyprus?
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    needed to bailout the eurozone countries, with Athens taking up almost 250 billion euros (more than... with them than about what the future holds. Surveying the current lay of the land, one sees... for a better balance over the years but we’ve arrived at a point now where more than 80 percent of public

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  9. Timetable set for multi-bill vote, Athens hopes for debt progress in meantime
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for the measures. Putting on his political hat, rather than the institutional one, the SYRIZA MP claimed that New Democracy would have a bigger problem during the vote than the government because it has said... that will be considered and a broad pledge, at best, rather than a detailed plan to make Greece’s debt sustainable

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  10. Trash dispute troubles SYRIZA ahead of political lull
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    forceful than an independently-organised anti-government protest earlier in the week. Representatives... found itself having to deal with such a political hot potato. It has made the problem worse... in the government’s attempt to present itself as cleaner than previous administrations. Tranche and arrears

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